The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa (Book Review)

“The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa”  written by Sasha Polakow-Suransky

By Yousef Munayyer
Apartheid. It is a word — an idea — which stirs up strong and angry reactions. Indeed, this dark period in South African history was a stain on the collective conscience of the world during the twentieth century. When the word “apartheid” was introduced into the discussion on Palestine, it was even more controversial.  President Jimmy Carter, who first brought the analogy to the forefront in his 2006 book Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, was lambasted, even called an anti-Semite, before anyone had read the book. Nearly four years later, Israeli prime ministers were using the word apartheid to describe the absence of a negotiated peace (what we actually have now).

Were We All Kunta Kinte? Or Are We Also Mansa Musa?

First of all I regret not taking more time to work on my Black history blog. Lets get rolling with debunking history in trying to generalize that our black history is one of slavery only. The truth could not be further from that. We are from kings and queens and white america and Jewish ship owners from the pass have agreed that never should the black man learn of his native land . White america has allot riding on keeping blacks in inferior positions for no sons and daughters of kings and queens would settle for anything lest than there throne in the kingdom.